The annual conference of the Society for Historians for the Early American Republic
(SHEAR) is coming up and the event features two exciting panels on early American
voyages beyond the Atlantic world.
As readers of this blog and my book True
Yankees: The South Seas and the Discovery of American Identity know, the first U.S. travels beyond the Cape of Good Hope opened
opportunities for Americans to encounter lands, peoples, and cultures that they
had known only second-hand in the narratives of Cook and Dampier and in fiction
(Robinson Crusoe, The Arabian Nights). With independence from Great Britain, Yankee
travelers began to explore the world and in the process to construct new ways
of thinking about their national identity.
In the past decade or so, scholars have begun to turn their attention to
this area and to situate “America and the World” as an essential aspect of the
American experience. The papers in these sessions offer some of the latest
research in this important new subfield.
To quote from the program:
"The 37th annual meeting of the Society
for Historians for the Early American Republic will meet Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
from July 16 to 19, 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Over the years, SHEAR has
developed a reputation for welcoming all scholars and history practitioners to
its annual meetings. We gather with old friends and new, discuss ideas and
share resources, and inspire each other. Our programs—from panels to plenary to
presidential address—are created with attention to quality and variety. We have
something for everyone! Our 2014 meeting in Philadelphia was our largest ever,
and we take this as a sign that we are doing something well. So please plan to
join us in 2015."
9 • MARITIME AND GENDERED ENCOUNTERS IN THE PACIFIC DURING THE EARLY REPUBLIC
Capital Room
PRESIDING • Gene Allen Smith, Texas Christian University
An Empire of Commerce: “Merchant Navigators” in the Pacific before Manifest Destiny
Michael D. Block, University of Southern California
“A Judicious Exhibition of Maritime Strength”: American Naval Expeditions in the South Pacific and East Indies as Indian Warfare, 1830-1842
Michael Verney, University of New Hampshire By a Lady: An American Sea Captain's Wife and Moral Authority in Nineteenth-Century Fiji
Nancy Shoemaker, University of Connecticut COMMENT • Dane Morrison, Salem State University
Hannover II
PRESIDING • Timothy Marr, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Antebellum Coral
Michele Navakas, Miami University
Hemispheric Archipelagoes
Lindsay Van Tine, Columbia University
Islam and Barbary
Jason M. Payton, Sam Houston State University COMMENT • Timothy Marr
You can find out more details
on the upcoming SHEAR meetings on the SHEAR website at: http://www.shear.org/annual-meeting/
You can also read some of the papers and follow the
sessions on Twitter at: #SHEAR15
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